External websites

Unified access to the catalogues of some of the largest university research libraries in the UK and Ireland, this database is an excellent complement to the Library of Congress.

The online catalogue of the book collection (largely in English) of the Napoleonic collector Leslie Kuehner, bequeathed to Christian Brothers University.

Comprehensive list of quality URLs of important military and diplomatic figures throughout history.

Bibliothèque Nationale de France, France's national library, department of manuscripts, access to the BN-Opale catalogue (books and periodicals since 1970), the BN-Opaline catalogue (specialised collections), and that of the new Tolbiac site. Access is also available to the remarkable project of the 'virtual library' Gallica, images and texts of the Francophone 19th century.

One of the largest libraries in the world. If you don't find the bibliographical references here, try COPAC – also on this page.

Archive of historical texts.

Introduction to the Duke University archives.

BI-LINK offers access to supraregional library-catalogues, table-of-contents-, literature- and index-databases with holdings locations of approx. 3000 German libraries. At the moment twentyone German libraries accept online-orders via DBI-LINK.

web site allowing cumulative queries in Italian Internet library catalogues – see also the ICCU, Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico delle Biblioteche Italiane e per le Informazioni Bibliografiche.

Online public access to Spain's National Library.